Vimlendu Jha in New Delhi

Vimlendu is the founder and head of Swechha -- We for Change Foundation, based in India's capital, New Delhi. The organization is aimed at tackling the city's growing environmental problems.

About the organization

Vimlendu is the head of Swechha -- We for Change foundation, based in New Delhi. The organization is geared towards raising awareness of the city's environmental problems, and ultimately tackling them. As well as leading volunteers to plant trees, and to initiate action to clean Delhi's Yamuna river, Swechha takes school children to see the sites of ecological crisis around the city.

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Video: Monsoon Wooding
Video: Monsoon Wooding

Vimlendu and a group of volunteers join a campaign to protect the trees around New Delhi, which are coming under threat from the Delhi Metro. Around the city they remove nails from existing trees and distribute saplings to people, ready to plant.

Video: The tarnished Taj Mahal
Video: The tarnished Taj Mahal

Vimlendu and his team have tracked the Yamuna River from its source at Yamunotri to the Taj Mahal, which stands on its bank. When the monument was built, the site on which it stands was chosen for its picturesque beauty, but since the heavy polluting of the river, the area has lost much of its beauty.

Video: At the river's source
Video: At the river's source

Vimlendu leads a team of 17 students, professionals and environmentalists, to Yamunotri, at the source of the Yamuna River. They all notice how clean and pure the river is there, compared to its highly polluted state in Delhi.

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